Mechanical sound: technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century
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1. Verfasser: Bijsterveld, Karin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press c2008
Schriftenreihe:Inside technology
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-314) and index
Listening to technology -- Infernal din, heavenly tunes : repertoires of dramatizing sound -- A continuous buzz : the ongoing charge of industrial noise -- Instruments of torture : traffic noise as uncivilized behavior -- The art of noises : the celebration and control of mechanical sound in music -- A wall of sound : the gramophone, the radio, and the noise of neighbors -- A booming business : the search for a practical aircraft noise index -- A sound history of technological culture
'Mechanical Sound' traces efforts to control unwanted sound - the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft - from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Karin Bijsterveld argues that a paradox of control has developed, in which only some forms of noise are regulated by experts and governments
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 350 p.)
ISBN:026226854X
1435654943
9780262268547
9781435654945

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